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The Practice is aware there have been some difficulties with the telephone system recently, we have been reviewing this and a new telephone provider has been sought. Please bear with us whilst we undergo the improvements.

The Practice is promoting its Text Messaging Service. If you have already provided the Practice with your mobile number you will automatically receive text messages from the Practice where appropriate. If you wish to opt out of this please inform the Practice by contacting us on 01636 704378 and speaking to a member of our reception team.

Opening Times

We are open Monday to Friday from 8am - 6.30pm (except on Bank Holidays) for you to contact us by telephone. Our reception is open from 8.15am to 6pm.

We close every Friday between 1.15 and 2.30pm for clinical meetings, but you can still contact us by phone.

All our clinicians work varying hours during our opening periods. Not all clinicians are in attendance for consultations at any one time.

Extended Hours

We also offer extended hours as follows:

Early slots (6.30am - 8.00am) on a Monday morning and some Saturday mornings 8.00am - 12.00noon. All patients attending an extended hours appointment are required to access the Practice via the rear entrance where they should ring the bell.

These are all pre-booked appointments. If you find it difficult to attend surgery during normal working hours then please ask reception for advice.

Consulting Times (by appointment)

Monday to Friday 8.15am - 6.30pm

Surgery hours may vary slightly to those shown above.

These sessions are shared between the partners.

Not all the doctors are in attendance for consultations at any one time.

They may be called out on home visits or managing clinics (on surgery premises), or performing other duties for the benefit of the practice and the community, eg GP and staff training and DSS matters etc.

When We Are Closed

The doctors provide cover every day during normal working hours. A doctor is always available in an emergency for advice or a visit if they consider it necessary. An out-of-hours service during the evenings and weekends is available from Newark Hospital up until midnight and from Mansfield after midnight.

If you require urgent advice out of surgery hours, you will be directed to the correct number to call by dialling the surgery number (01636 704378). The recorded message will repeat the number but you will need to ensure that you have a pen and paper to hand. Please only call the doctor if your problem is a genuine emergency and cannot wait until the surgery is open. Alternatively, you can ring the Out of Hours service direct on 111 (this is a free call).

Should you have any problem getting through to the doctor please telephone Newark Hospital on 01636 681681 and tell them you are trying to contact the duty doctor for the Fountain Medical Centre.

What is 111?

It is the NHS telephone number introduced to help make it easier for you to access local health services. You can now call 111 when you need medical help fast, but it's not a 999 emergency. You will be assessed, given advice and directed straightaway to the local service that can help you best. That could be A&E, an Urgent Care Centre or Minor Injuries Unit, an out of hours GP, community nurse, emergency dentist or a late opening pharmacist. You can ring the 111 number 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Alls from landlines and mobile phones are free.

NHS 111 is a fast and easy way to get the right help - wherever you are, and whatever the time. It can also help us to free up 999 and local A&E departments so that they can focus on emergency cases.

The nearest NHS Walk in Centre is located in Nottingham. The address is: Seaton House, London Road, Nottingham, NG2 4LA. This centre is behind the BBC Radio Nottingham building.

The surgery will be closed on the following dates:

1 January 2018

Monday

New Years Day

30 March 2018

Friday

Good Friday

2 April 2018

Monday

Easter Monday

7 May 2018

Monday

May Day

28 May 2017

Monday

Spring Bank Holiday

27 August 2017

Monday

Summer Bank Holiday

25 December 2018

26 December 2018

Tuesday

Wednesday

Christmas Day

Boxing Day

If you require urgent advice out of surgery hours, you will be directed to the correct number to call by dialling the surgery number (01636 704378). The recorded message will repeat the number but you will need to ensure that you have a pen and paper to hand. Please only call the doctor if your problem is a genuine emergency and cannot wait until the surgery is open. Alternatively, you can ring the Out of Hours service direct on 111 (this is a free call).

Should you have any problem getting through to the doctor please telephone Newark Hospital on 01636 681681 and tell them you are trying to contact the duty doctor for the Fountain Medical Centre

Fountain Medical Centre

Monday 24th December - 8.15am – 6.00pm

Tuesday 25th December – CLOSED

Wednesday 26th December – CLOSED

Thursday 27th December – 8.15am – 6.00pm

Friday 28th December – 8.15am – 6.00pm

Monday 31st December – 8.15 – 6.00pm

Tuesday 1st January – CLOSED

Wednesday 2nd January – 8.15am – 6.00pm

Thursday 3rd January – 8.15am – 6.00pm

Friday 4th January – 8.15am – 6.00pm

For any emergencies when the Practice is closed please call 111 for further advice